Wednesday, 12 August 2009Lesson plan Celebrate National Science Week with these fun experiments focusing on the science of flight. Try them in your classroom and watch Elliot and the Surfing Scientist tackle them on RollerCoaster.Subjects: physics, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 629KLesson plan Students use balloons, plastic cups and sticky tape to construct their own Rotocopters. This lesson can be part of a unit on flight or used as a great motivating activity to foster positive attitudes.Subjects: physics, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 147KLesson plan Students make a simple yet spectacular lava lamp. This activity is a big hit with kids and adults alike and will impress at dinner parties, barbecues and staff meetings too!Subjects: chemistry, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 277KLesson plan Students predict how food dyes from four chocolate buttons will mix in water. The surprising result demonstrates the role of prior knowledge in making predictions and fosters positive attitudes to unexpected outcomes.Subjects: chemistry, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Thursday, 1 March 2007 237KLesson Plan Will it float is a surprisingly contagious and fun educational game you can play every day. Students attempt to stump the class with mystery items from home. From the bizarre to the mundane, each item will captivate students' interest. In the process, they use critical thinking and learn the difference between a prediction and a guess.Subjects: kids-games-and-links, science-and-technology, physics, weird-and-wonderful, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Thursday, 4 January 2007 523KLesson Plan In the classic candle experiment, heat produced by the candle's flame causes the air inside of a bottle to expand. Discuss with your students what they think will happen.Subjects: physics, weird-and-wonderful, surfingscientist, lessonplans

Thursday, 21 December 2006 898KLesson Plan This is a WOW lesson your students will never forget! The demonstrations provided are safe, fun, amazing, thought provoking and loud. Use them to discuss the states of matter, evaporation, condensation, temperature and heat. Allow sufficient time to complete all the demonstrations and don't be surprised if you're asked to repeat them over and over again.Subjects: science-and-technology, chemistry, physics, weird-and-wonderful, surfingscientist, lessonplans

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